analemma

American  

[an-l-em-uh] / ˌæn lˈɛm ə /

noun

analemmas, plural analemmata plural

1. a scale shaped like the figure 8, showing the declination of the sun and the equation of time for each day of the year.

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analemma British  

/ ˌænəlɛˈmætɪk, ˌænəˈlɛmə /

noun

1. a graduated scale shaped like a figure eight that indicates the daily declination of the sun

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• analemmatic
  adjective

Inflected Forms

noun

• analemmas
  plural
• analemmata
  plural

Etymology

Origin of analemma

1645–55; < Latin: pedestal of a sundial, sundial < Greek análēmma support